Center for Cartoon Studies
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| Type | Two-Year Unaccredited |
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| Established | 2004 |
| President | Michelle Ollie |
| Director | James Sturm |
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Academic staff
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9 |
| Students | 48 |
| Location | Hartford, Vermont, United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 43°38′41″N 72°19′06″W / 43.64467°N 72.318402°W
The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) is a two year institution focusing on sequential art, specifically comics and graphic novels Located in the village of White River Junction, in the town of Hartford, Vermont, the Center offers a Master of Fine Arts degree, both one and two-year certificate programs, as well as summer programs, and is "the only college-level training program of its kind in the United States."
The Center for Cartoon Studies was founded by cartoonist James Sturm and Michelle Ollie in 2004, with its first class of 18 students beginning their schooling in the Fall of 2005. The first class of students were accepted less on the quality of their drawing and more on their critical thinking skills, literary merit, storytelling abilities and curiosity.
The Center's first commencement took place on May 19, 2007, with roughly 20 students graduating. In 2007 CCS was approved by the State of Vermont to award Master of Fine Arts degrees and certificates, which have been awarded to students from all subsequent classes. It currently has a student body of 48 students with an average age of 24. About 20 new students are accepted each year.
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